A novel soft sensor for real-time monitoring of the die melt temperature profile in polymer extrusion

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7113-7123

  Abeykoon, Chamil ^a  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; inferential measurements; melt temperature profile; polymer extrusion; process control; process monitoring; soft sensor

Indexed keywords

DIES; DYNAMIC MODELS; EXTRUSION; FORECASTING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); POLYMERS; PROCESS MONITORING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

INFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT; MELT TEMPERATURE; POLYMER EXTRUSION; PROCESS DIAGNOSTICS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REAL TIME MONITORING; SOFT SENSORS; THERMAL MONITORING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84907452193     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2014.2321345     Document Type: Article

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